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by agbart5

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It seems that I get a lot of pop ups using Internet Explore. I started using Netscape and they stopped. However Internet Explorer is still running and I would like to know how to get rid of it if possible. If i can't get rid of it how can I stop it from starting. I tried renaming iexplorer.exe but it pops up again in about 2 seconds.

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by agbart5

Poster rated this answer. The link you mentioned says not to use with Windows XP. Sorry I didn't mention that in my question.

by gary_w

You most likely have some combination of adware, apyware or malware that has hijacked your system and is trying to pop up some ads, expecially if the browser is popping up by itself without being started by you. I just cleaned up a friends system over the weekend that was doing the same thing and was loaded with the stuff.

Update and run your anti-virus software, and anti-spyware software like adaware, spybot, etc. Get the free zone-alarm which will block malware from phoning home and alert you that your system has an issue.

Gary

by willcomp

Rather than removing IE (which you can't), you need to get rid of the malware that's causing popup ads.

Download and install Microsoft Anti-Spyware from microsoft.com and Spybot from download.com. Run until you get clean scans.

If you don't have anti-virus software installed and current, download and install AVG Free from grisoft.com. Uninstall any existing anti-virus software prior to installing AVG.

You can remove IE from Programs list using Add/Remove Windows Components, but IE remains installed with executable file accessible.

Mozilla Firefox is much better than Netscape as an alternative to IE. In fact, Firefox is superior to IE in many respects.

Dalton

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